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title: "Guatemala — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Guatemala: capital Guatemala City, area 108,889 km², population 18,687,881 (2025), currency Guatemalan quetzal. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/guatemala/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Guatemala

**Guatemala: Capital Guatemala City**

108,889 km² · 18,687,881 people (2025) · Guatemalan quetzal

Thirty-seven volcanoes run down the Pacific side, four of them active; Tajumulco at 4,220 m is the highest point in Central America. Lake Atitlán fills a caldera left by an eruption about 84,000 years ago and is over 340 m deep. Tikal in the northern lowlands has temples rising 65 m above the rainforest canopy.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Guatemala City
- **Area:** 108,889 km² — 42,042 sq mi
- **Population:** 18,687,881 (2025)
- **Density:** 171.6 people per km²
- **Currency:** Guatemalan quetzal (GTQ, Q)
- **Official language:** Spanish
- **Time zone:** UTC-06:00
- **Calling code:** +502
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** GT · GTM
- **Continent:** North America

## How it compares

- **By area:** 106 of 200
- **By population:** 70 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bulgaria | 110,879 | 6,433,302 |
| Cuba | 110,860 | 10,937,203 |
| Guatemala ← | 108,889 | 18,687,881 |
| Iceland | 103,000 | 392,404 |
| South Korea | 99,720 | 51,684,564 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Guatemala?

Guatemala City

### What currency does Guatemala use?

The Guatemalan quetzal (GTQ).

### How big is Guatemala?

108,889 km², or 42,042 square miles — 106 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Guatemala drive on?

The right.

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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]